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Fidel Lives (And Changes His Clothes)

6:27 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Cuba| Ecuador · Comments Off

24 Aug 2009

fidel_correa Apparently Fidel Castro met with the President of Ecuador, Rafeal Correa last Friday and if I may say, he looks pretty good.

Via / Inca Kola News

Is Ecuador’s Correa Following in Hugo Chavez’s Footsteps?

7:56 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Ecuador| Media| Venezuela · 3 Comments

5 Aug 2009

_44477660_correa2march_ap According to the U.S. media, nearly every Latin American leader (unless in power because of a coup) wants to be Hugo Chavez. Just after Venezuela announced that it would be taking over 34 radio stations because they failed to “comply with regulations” , President Rafael Correa announced that Ecuador would nationalize “many” radio and television stations because “their concessions were granted illegitimately. “.

How many is many is still unknown but Correa is expected to release a list of the targeted stations next week.

Via / The Latin Americanist and WSJ

Ecuador to Default on External Debt

11:45 am By Maegan La Mala · Ecuador| Money| economy · Comments Off

15 Dec 2008

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced that his country would not pay back the remaining balance on it’s external debt, saying that the debt is immoral and illegitimate.

The decision of defaulting on the global bonds (2012, 2015 and 2030) was taken by Correa after the official presentation of the final report from the Public Credit Audit Commission (Comision para la Auditoria Integral del Crédito Público, CAIC [es]) audit regarding Ecuador’s foreign debt. Ecuador’s decision to stop payments on the interest on its national debt is it’s second in two decades, the other coming in 1999, when it defaulted on $10 billion. In 2008, the figure stands at $3.9 billion.

Ecuador Passes New Constitution

4:06 pm By Maegan La Mala · Ecuador| GLBT| Politics · Comments Off

30 Sep 2008

Ecuador’s voters approved a new constitution by about 70%. In the new constitution, there are certain provisions that are more progressive and protect more rights than the U.S. Constitution.

The new constitution guarantees civil rights for gays and lesbians, including civil unions affording all the rights of marriage… Preliminary results showed 65 percent support with 5 percent of the vote counted, mirroring earlier exit polls and quick counts that indicated overwhelming voter approval…

Pero, before you get all excited and plan to move to South America….

Venezuela to Colombia : A U.S. Base on the Border Means War

5:17 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia| Ecuador| Venezuela · 1 Comment

15 May 2008

With the lease of the U.S. military base in Manta, Ecuador expiring next year and Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa vowing not to renew, the United States Ambassador to Colombia, William Brownfield, suggested that the Ecuador base could be moved to La Guajira inside Colombia, who maintains friendly diplomatic relations with the U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, not one to take a “wait and see” approach, said that placing a U.S. base in the region that spans northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela, would equal nothing less than a threat of war.

“We will not allow the Colombian government to give La Guajira to the empire,” Chavez said, referring to the US during a speech to a packed auditorium of uniformed soldiers.
“Colombia is launching a threat of war at us.”

While Chavez certainly will be called out because he is the only one crying “war” , what would a U.S. military base on the Colombia/Venezuela border mean?

Via / Al Jazeera

Ecuador’s Prez Correa Declares Victory on New Constitution

9:13 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador| Politics · Comments Off

1 Oct 2007

The trend in Latin America is to push to rewrite constitutions with socialist flair. Jumping on this trend is Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa. Unofficially, a quick count by a local citizens’ group at thousands of polls indicated strong support for the president’s party in a vote that happened yesterday. The official results won’t be known for at least 20 days. Some of the changes proposed include letting presidents serve two consecutive four-year terms instead of the one allowed now.

Story and Image Via / AP

Ecuador Votes to Make Its Congress Weaker

1:31 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador| Politics · 1 Comment

15 Apr 2007

Today, Sunday, Ecuadorians are voting in a referendum put forth by President Rafael Correa on whether to create a special assembly to rewrite the nation’s constitution. Correa, a leftist president, who has maintained popular support since winning the presidential seat, put forward the proposal in order to weaken the power the nation’s congress, accused of rampant corruption, holds. But critics are calling Correa’s moves “Chavezesque” and worry about him having too much unchecked power.

Correa has not offered detailed proposals for the anti-corruption measures he envisions will result from a new constitution. But he has mentioned that a new charter should eliminate the authority of Congress — which is controlled by Ecuador’s traditional parties — to name judges and other judicial and electoral authorities.”His goal clearly is to accumulate power. There is no doubt of that,” said Benjamin Ortiz, head of a think tank in Quito, Ecuador’s capital. “His style and form of governing is intolerance. What we don’t know is the economic model he wants to lead us to.”

Socialism anyone?

Ecuadorian president-elect Rafael Correa On Victory Tour

11:47 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador| Politics · Comments Off

7 Dec 2006

Tis the season for South American president-elect victory tours. Yesterday I wrote about Hugo Chavez’s tour. Ecuadorian President-elect Rafael Correa is starting his victory run today that will take him through Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Colombia.

The Ecuadorian dignitary-elect is slated to meet with his counterparts Evo Morales, Bolivia; Hugo Chavez; Venezuela; Nestor Kirchner; Argentina and Michelle Bachelet, Chile, and Alan Garcia, Peru.

Via / La Prensa Latina

Image Via / RafaelCorrea.com

Rafael Correa Looking Like Winner in Ecuador Elections

5:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Ecuador| Politics · Comments Off

27 Nov 2006

This morning it looks like the second round of the presidential election in Ecuador puts lefty Rafael Correa winning against wealthy Bible toting, self-proclaimed “hero of God” Alvaro Noboa.The returns showed Correa with as many as twice the votes recorded as his rival, who claimed the polls were rigged. This marks another victory in Latin America for left of center politicians who have aligned themselves with the politics and personalities of firebrands and “enemies” of the U.S. like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro.T

he election, which pitted Correa against billionaire banana tycoon Alvaro Noboa, was watched closely in the US. Correa had promised to disregard a free trade agreement with the US and close down a US military base in the country. Correa’s win means Ecuador joins Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Venezuela on the list of countries that have also elected leftist presidents in recent years.

Via / The Christian Science Monitor

Image Via / La Jornada

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